Jar holder



Sept. 17, 1.940. .1. w. SAMMONS 2,215,016

I JAR HOLDER Filed Sept 19, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l A iiorneys Sept. 17, 1940. .1. w. SAMMONS JAR HOLDER Filed Sept. 19, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 47451522: iiZOIZS A itorneys Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE 2,215,016 JAR. HOLDER Application September 19, 1939, Serial No. 295,682

1 Claim.

This invention relates to jar holders, and has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which will provide an efficient support for a jar or like container while being filled and which includes means for gripping said jar to hold the latter against rotation when threading a cap thereon or when desiring to remove a cap therefrom, the gripping means being easily operated and adjustableand will firmly grip a jar without danger of breaking the latter.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section, illustrating a jar holder constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 33 of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional View taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a trough-like support, the-bottom wall of which will act as a seat or rest for a jar when the latter is positioned thereon in an upright position. A flexible metallic strap 6 en- 5 gages about the jar and has its ends provided with a series of openings 1 to engage with pins 8 carried by side walls 9 of the support whereby the ends of said holding strap may be adjusted endwise of the support; In adapting the flexible strap 6 to the jar said strap is bent into substantially U shape and after the apertured ends thereof are placed on the pins 8, said end portions may be brought into engagement with keeper-like plates I0 mounted on the sides 9 of the support.

Flexible metallic gripping straps ll extend in opposite directions to the strap 6 and engage the jar above and below the strap 6. Certain ends of the straps H are provided with openings to engage With pins l2 on the support and said ends also are brought into engagement with keeperlike plates I3. The other ends of the straps II are secured to a slide plate M, as shown at I5.

It is preferable that the straps II have coverings It applied thereto to prevent damage or injury to the jar.

The slide plate is mounted in upper and lower guides ll secured on one of the side walls 9 of the support and carries a bracket It to which is pivoted a link 59. The link l9 extends through a slot provided in one of the end walls 20 of the support and is pivoted to an operating lever 2i hinged on the support, as shown at 22.

A coil spring 23 is secured to the slide plate 10 i4 and to a fastener 25 carried by one of the side walls and acts to draw the slide plate in one direction for the purpose of expanding the straps II to permit the easy removal and application of the jar to the support. The side plate M when in the latter-named position positions the operating lever in the dotted line position, as shown in Figure 2. When it is desired to grip a jar the operating lever 2| is moved into a full line position, as shown in Figure 2, which contracts the 20 straps l I on the jar and coact with the strap 6 in tightly gripping the jar and holding the same against rotation so that a cap may be easily threaded thereon or unthreaded therefrom when desired. 25

The jar being positioned in the trough-like support will permit the jar to be readily filled with hot preserves or the like and should any of the preserves spill during the filling of the jar it will be caught by the support. Naturally in 0 preserving operations it is sometimes desirable to apply the cap to the jar prior to the cooling of the contents and through the use of the present invention the jar can be efficiently held when in a hot condition without the danger of breakage to permit the cap to be tightly threaded thereon.

Spaced members 25 form an integral part of the support and are located. at one end thereof with the operating lever 2! operating between 40 said members. The purpose of the members 25 is to prevent tilting of the support when the operating lever is move-d into a full line position for the purpose of contracting the straps II on the jar. 45

If desired, the other end wall of the support may be equipped with an adjustable bracket 25 of substantially L-shape to engage under a table or the like on which the support 5 is positioned to coact with the members 25 in preventing tilting 50 of the support 5 on the table when the operating lever 2| is moved into position of contracting the straps H on the jar.

It is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings will 55 fully set forth the construction and advantages of this invention to those skilled in the art to which such a device relates, so that further detailed description will not be required.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

A jar holder comprising a trough-like support, oppositely extending flexible straps engaging a jar positioned within and on the bottom of said support and one of said straps having its ends adjustably connected to said support adjacent one end thereof and the other strap having one end thereof adjustably connected to one side of the support, a slide plate slidably mounted on the other side of said support and within the latter and having the other end of the latter-named strap secured thereto, spring means acting to move the slide plate in one direction for slackening the strap connected thereto, an operating lever pivoted on one end of the support, a link connecting the operating lever to said slide plate and extending through the latter-named end of the support, spaced members formed on the latter-named end of said support with the lever operating between said members to prevent tilting of the support under the influence of the operation of the operating lever, and an L- shaped bracket adjustably connected to the other end of said support to engage with a table and to coact with said members in preventing tilting of the support.

JAMES W. SAMMONS. 

